Blade material cutting device

ABSTRACT

A blade material cutting device for producing a blade material used as a punching blade. Included are: a stationary blade part having a pair of front and rear support faces on which a strip plate part and a blade edge part of the blade material are to be overlaid, and which are separated from each other by a gap in a feeding direction of the blade material; a pair of opposed front and rear stationary edges which are disposed in the pair of support faces; a movable blade part which moves into and out of the mutual gap between the pair of support faces; and a pair of front and rear movable edges which are disposed in the movable blade part. When the blade material is overlaid on the support faces and the movable blade part is moved, a disposal portion of the blade material is cut away, and the shapes of the front and rear ends of the blade material are not bent but are maintained in their original shape.

This is a divisional of Ser. No. 09/926,384 filed on Oct. 23, 2001 nowU.S. Pat. No. 7,231,860 which is a U.S. National Stage of PCT/JP00/01182filed on Mar. 1, 2000.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a blade material cutting device whichis employed for cutting a strip blade material that is to be used as apunching blade (Thomson blade: Steel rule knife).

BACKGROUND ART

As shown in FIGS. 44 and 45, in a strip blade material 1 that is to beused as a punching blade, a blade edge part 3 is formed in an edge inone side in the width direction of a strip plate part 2. After beingsubjected to a necessary bending work or the like, the blade material 1is used in an application such as formation of a notch line or a foldline in a piece of paper, a sheet, a plate, or the like. In the bladematerial 1, end parts in the longitudinal direction are straight-cut asshown in FIG. 44, or miter-cut as shown in FIG. 45. As seen from FIG.44, the straight-cut work is a work of linearly cutting end parts of theblade material 1 over the blade edge part 3 and the strip plate part 2.As seen from FIG. 45, the miter-cut work is a work of cutting end partsof the blade edge part 3 in the end parts of the blade material 1 into ashape which is obliquely inclined with respect to end parts of the stripplate part 2, and is conducted, for example, in order to prevent a gapfrom being formed in the blade edge portion when blade materials arejoined to each other. In FIG. 45, miter parts of the blade edge areindicated by a reference numeral 3 a.

FIGS. 46 and 47 show the principle of a blade material cutting devicewhich is conventionally known. The blade material cutting devicecomprises: a stationary blade part 5 having a slit 4 into which theblade material 1 is to be fed; and a movable blade part 6 which islaterally movable in front of the slit 4.

In the blade material cutting device, when the blade material 1 whichhas been fed as indicted by the arrow F in FIG. 47 is passed through theslit 4 of FIG. 46 and the feeding operation is stopped, for example, themovable blade part 6 is swung about a fulcrum f as indicated by thearrow a of FIG. 46. Then, a stationary edge 5 a of the stationary bladepart 5 and a movable edge 6 a (see FIG. 48) of the movable blade part 6cooperate with each other to cut the blade material 1. In this case, asshown in FIG. 47, the portion of the blade material 1 where the bladematerial 1 is overlaid on the stationary blade part 5 is supported bythe stationary blade part 5, and by contrast the portion which ispressed by the movable blade part 6 is deformed in a side direction ofthe stationary edge 5 a. After the cutting, in the portion pressed bythe movable blade part 6, therefore, the shape of the cut surface of theblade material 1 which is illustratively shown in FIG. 50A is bent asshown in FIG. 50B. By contrast, in the portion supported by thestationary blade part 5, the shape of the cut surface of the bladematerial 1 shown in FIG. 50D is not deformed but is maintained to theoriginal adequate shape as shown in FIG. 50C. When, in a portion wherethe operation of feeding the long blade material 1 is stopped, apredetermined portion of the blade material 1 is cut by using the bladematerial cutting device shown in FIGS. 46 and 47, therefore, the cutsurface shape of the front end 1 a of the blade material 1 which isproduced as a result of the cutting is not deformed but is maintained tothe original adequate shape as shown in FIG. 51, but that of the rearend 1 b of the blade material 1 which is produced as a result of thecutting is bent. Also a portion W in the vicinity of the rear end 1 b issimilarly bent.

When the blade material 1 is to be cut, the strip plate part 2 and theblade edge part 3 of the blade material 1 must be overlaid on a supportface 7 formed in the stationary blade part 5 as shown in FIG. 49. Whenthe blade edge part 3 is not overlaid on the support face 7,particularly, the blade edge part 3 is bent.

When the straight-cut work shown in FIG. 44 or the miter-cut work shownin FIG. 45 is requested to be conducted, edges of the stationary bladepart and the movable blade part must be formed into a shape whichenables such a work.

FIGS. 52, 53, 55, and 56 show a blade material cutting device which canconduct the above-mentioned two kinds of cut works.

In the blade material cutting device, support faces 7 a, 7 b are formedrespectively in right and left side faces of the stationary blade part5, a stationary edge of the support face 7 a on one side serves as astraight-cutting edge, and that of the support face 7 b on the otherside serves as a miter-cutting edge.

In the blade material cutting device, when the stationary edge forstraight-cutting and a movable edge of a movable blade part 6 cooperatewith each other to cut two or front and rear portions of the bladematerial 1 as shown in FIGS. 52 and 53, the front end 1 a of the bladematerial 1 which is produced as a result of the cutting is not deformedbut is maintained to the original adequate shape as shown in FIGS. 54Aand 54B, but the rear end 1 b of the blade material 1 which is producedas a result of the cutting is bent as shown in FIGS. 54C and 54D. In theblade material cutting device, also when the stationary edge formiter-cutting and the movable edge of the movable blade part 6 cooperatewith each other to cut two or front and rear portions of the bladematerial 1 as shown in FIGS. 55 and 56, the front end 1 a of the bladematerial 1 which is produced as a result of the cutting is not deformedbut is maintained to the original adequate shape as shown in FIGS. 57Aand 57B, but the rear end 1 b of the blade material 1 which is producedas a result of the cutting is bent as shown in FIGS. 57C and 57D.

FIGS. 58 to 61 show another blade material cutting device which canconduct the above-mentioned two kinds of cut works.

In the blade material cutting device, the stationary blade part 5 isformed into a fork-like shape having a pair of right and leftprotrusions 8, 9. The above-mentioned support faces 7 a, 7 b are formedrespectively in opposed left and right side faces of the pair ofprotrusions 8, 9, a stationary edge of the support face 7 a on one sideserves as a straight-cutting edge, and that of the support face 7 b onthe other side serves as a miter-cutting edge.

In the blade material cutting device, when the stationary edge forstraight-cutting and a movable edge of the movable blade part 6cooperate with each other to cut two or front and rear portions of theblade material 1 as shown in FIGS. 58 and 59, the front end 1 a of theblade material 1 which is produced as a result of the cutting is notdeformed but is maintained to the original adequate shape in the samemanner as described with reference to FIGS. 57A and 57B, but the rearend 1 b of the blade material 1 which is produced as a result of thecutting is bent in the same manner as described with reference to FIGS.57C and 57D. In the blade material cutting device, also when thestationary edge for miter-cutting and the movable edge of the movableblade part 6 cooperate with each other to cut two or front and rearportions of the blade material 1 as shown in FIGS. 60 and 61, the frontend 1 a of the blade material 1 which is produced as a result of thecutting is not deformed but is maintained to the original adequateshape, but the rear end 1 b of the blade material 1 which is produced asa result of the cutting is bent.

FIGS. 60 and 61 which have been described above show an example in whichthe blade material 1 is cut into a miter shape wherein an end part ofthe blade edge part 3 after the cutting is inclined in a direction alongwhich the end part does not protrude from the strip plate part 2. Incontrast, FIGS. 62 and 63 show an example in which the blade material 1is cut into a miter shape wherein an end part of the blade edge part 3after the cutting is inclined in a direction along which the end partprotrudes from the strip plate part 2.

In the above-described blade material cutting devices, in the samemanner as the conventional blade material cutting device which has beendescribed with reference to FIGS. 46 and 47, there is a problem in thatthe front end 1 a of the blade material 1 which is produced as a resultof the cutting is maintained to the original adequate shape, but therear end 1 b of the blade material 1 which is produced as a result ofthe cutting is bent.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

The invention has been conducted in view of the above-discussed problem.

It is an object of the invention to, when a predetermined portion of along blade material is cut in a portion where the operation of feedingthe blade material is stopped, prevent the cut surface shapes of boththe front and rear ends of the blade material which are produced as aresult of the cutting, from being deformed, or maintain the cut surfaceshapes to the original adequate shape.

It is another object of the invention to, even when the straight-cutwork or the miter-cut work is conducted, prevent the cut surface shapesof both the front and rear ends of the blade material which are producedas a result of the cutting, from being deformed, or maintain the cutsurface shapes to the original adequate shape.

It is a further object of the invention to enable both the front andrear ends of a blade material to be cut simply by conducting a singleoperation of cutting the blade material, and prevent the cut surfaceshapes of both the front and rear ends from being bent, or maintain thecut surface shape to the original adequate shape.

The blade material cutting device of the invention is employed forcutting a blade material in which a blade edge part is formed in an edgeof a strip plate part.

The blade material cutting device of the invention has: a stationaryblade part having a pair of front and rear support faces on which thestrip plate part and the blade edge part of the blade material are to beoverlaid, and which are placed with being separated from each other by agap in a direction of feeding the blade material; a pair of opposedfront and rear stationary edges which are disposed in the pair ofsupport faces; a movable blade part which is extracted and retractedwith respect to the mutual gap between the pair of support faces; and apair of front and rear movable edges which are disposed in the movableblade part, and which cooperate with the pair of stationary edges to cutaway a disposal portion of the blade material that is positioned betweenthe stationary edges.

In the invention, when, after the strip plate part and the blade edgepart of the blade material are overlaid on the pair of front and rearsupport faces of the stationary blade part, the movable blade part isadvanced from the outside of the mutual gap between the support facestoward the inside, the pair of front and rear stationary edges on theside of the support faces and the pair of front and rear movable edgesof the movable blade part cooperate to allow two or front and rearportions of the blade material to be cut simply by conducting a singlecutting operation, and to cut away a disposal portion of the bladematerial between the front and rear stationary edges. In this case, theblade material which is overlaid on the front support face is cut whilethe blade material is kept to be supported by the support face, andhence the cut surface shape of the rear end of the blade material is notbent but is maintained to the original adequate shape. Similarly, alsothe blade material which is overlaid on the rear support face is cutwhile the blade material is kept to be supported by the support face,and hence the cut surface shape of the front end of the blade materialis not bent but is maintained to the original adequate shape.

This function is exerted similarly even when each of the stationaryedges and the movable edges is either of a straight-cutting edge forlinearly forming a cut line which extends over the blade edge part andthe strip plate part of the blade material after the cutting, or amiter-cutting edge for conducting a cutting operation so that the bladeedge part of the blade material after the cutting has a miter shape.

In the invention, the pair of front and rear support faces may be formedin each of the right and left side faces of the stationary blade part.In this case, it is possible to employ a configuration wherein the pairof front and rear stationary edges which are disposed in the pair ofsupport faces of one of the right and left side faces of the stationaryblade part are straight-cutting edges for linearly forming a cut linewhich extends over the blade edge part and the strip plate part of theblade material after the cutting, and the pair of front and rearstationary edges which are disposed in the pair of support faces ofanother one of the right and left side faces are miter-cutting edges forconducting a cutting operation so that the blade edge part of the bladematerial after the cutting has a miter shape.

When the stationary blade part and its support faces are configured asdescribed above, the two kinds of configurations which will be describedbelow may be employed in the movable blade part.

In the first configuration, two movable blade parts are used. Namely,the movable blade parts are placed respectively in both the sides whichsandwich the mutual gap, a pair of front and rear movable edges whichcooperate with the pair of straight-cutting front and rear stationaryedges to cut away a disposal portion of the blade material that ispositioned between the stationary edges are disposed in the movableblade part on the one side, and a pair of front and rear movable edgeswhich cooperate with the pair of miter-cutting front and rear stationaryedges to cut away a disposal portion of the blade material that ispositioned between the stationary edges are disposed in the movableblade parts on the other side.

In the second configuration, one movable blade part is used. Namely, themovable blade part is configured so as to be movable between one sideand another side of the mutual gap with passing through the mutual gap,a pair of front and rear movable edges which cooperate with the pair ofstraight-cutting front and rear stationary edges to cut away a disposalportion of the blade material that is positioned between the stationaryedges are disposed in the one side of right and left side faces of themovable blade part, and a pair of front and rear movable edges whichcooperate with the pair of miter-cutting front and rear stationary edgesto cut away a disposal portion of the blade material that is positionedbetween the stationary edges are disposed in the other side of the rightand left side faces of the movable blade part.

According to the first configuration, the front end and the rear end ofa blade material can be straight-cut or miter-cut by selectively usingone of the two movable blade parts.

According to the second configuration, the front end and the rear end ofa blade material can be straight-cut or miter-cut by selectively usingthe movable edges on one side of the single movable blade part and themovable edges on the other side.

Also the other blade material cutting device of the invention isemployed for cutting a blade material in which a blade edge part isformed in an edge of a strip plate part.

The other blade material cutting device of the invention comprises: astationary blade part having a support face on which the strip platepart and the blade edge part of the blade material are to be overlaid; apair of front and rear stationary edges which are disposed in thesupport face, and which are positioned to be separated from each otherby a gap in a direction of feeding the blade material; and a frontmovable blade part which is movable in front of the support face inlateral directions of the support face, and a rear movable blade partwhich is movable in rear of the support face in the lateral directionsof the support face. Furthermore, the blade material cutting devicecomprises: a movable edge which is disposed in the front movable bladepart, and which cooperates with the front stationary edge of the supportface to cut the blade material; and a movable edge which is disposed inthe rear movable blade part, and which cooperates with the rearstationary edge of the support face to cut the blade material.

According to the invention, two or front and rear portions of a bladematerial are cut by conducting two cutting operations. A disposalportion of the blade material positioned between the rear stationaryedges is cut away. Namely, when, after the strip plate part and theblade edge part of the blade material are overlaid on the support faceof the stationary blade part, the blade material is cut by using, forexample, the movable edge of the front movable blade part, the bladematerial which is overlaid on the support face is cut while beingsupported by the support face. Therefore, the cut surface shape of thefront end of the blade material is not bent but is maintained to theoriginal adequate shape. Next, the blade material is fed by apredetermined length to cause the strip plate part and the blade edgepart of another portion of the blade material to be overlaid on thesupport face, and the blade material is then cut by using the movableedge of the rear movable blade part. Since the blade material which isoverlaid on the support face is cut while being supported by the supportface, the cut surface shape of the rear end of the blade material is notbent but is maintained to the original adequate shape. In the case wherethe other blade material cutting device of the invention is used, it isnecessary to cut away a disposal portion of the blade material by usingthe front movable blade part or the rear movable blade part, before thefront end of the blade material is cut or after the rear end of theblade material is cut.

The above-mentioned function of the other blade material cutting deviceis exerted similarly even when each of the stationary edges and themovable edges of the front and rear movable blade parts is either of anedge for straight-cutting or an edge for miter-cutting.

In the above-mentioned other blade material cutting device, it ispossible to employ a configuration wherein the pair of front and rearstationary edges which are disposed in the support face on one sideamong the support faces formed respectively in the right and left sidefaces of the stationary blade part are edges for straight-cutting, andthe pair of front and rear stationary edges which are disposed in thesupport face on the other side are edges for miter-cutting edges.

When the stationary blade part and its support faces are configured asdescribed above, the following configuration may be employed in themovable blade part.

Namely, it is possible to employ a configuration wherein a pair of rightand left movable edges are disposed in the front movable blade part, themovable edge on one side is an edge which cooperates with thestraight-cutting front stationary edge to cut the blade material, themovable edge on another side is an edge which cooperates with themiter-cutting front stationary edge to cut the blade material, a pair ofright and left movable edges are disposed in the rear movable bladepart, the movable edge on one side is an edge which cooperates with thestraight-cutting rear stationary edge to cut the blade material, and themovable edge on another side is an edge which cooperates with themiter-cutting rear stationary edge to cut the blade material.

When this configuration is employed, the front end and the rear end of ablade material can be straight-cut or miter-cut by selectively usingmovable edges on one side and the other side of the front movable bladepart and the rear movable blade part.

In the further blade material cutting device of the invention, thestationary blade part is formed into a fork-like shape having a pair ofright and left protrusions, the support face is formed in each of rightand left side faces which are opposed between the pair of protrusions, apair of front and rear stationary edges disposed in the support face onone side are straight-cutting edges, and a pair of front and rearstationary edges disposed in the support face on another side aremiter-cutting edges.

Furthermore, a pair of right and left movable edges are disposed in thefront movable blade part, the movable edge on one side is an edge whichcooperates with the straight-cutting front stationary edge to cut theblade material, and the movable edge on another side is an edge whichcooperates with the miter-cutting front stationary edge to cut the bladematerial. Similarly, a pair of right and left movable edges are disposedalso in the rear movable blade part, the movable edge on one side is anedge which cooperates with the straight-cutting rear stationary edge tocut the blade material, and the movable edge on another side is an edgewhich cooperates with the miter-cutting rear stationary edge to cut theblade material.

Also when this configuration is employed, the front end and the rear endof a blade material can be straight-cut or miter-cut by selectivelyusing movable edges on one side and the other side of the front movableblade part and the rear movable blade part.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a case where straight-cutting isconducted by a blade material cutting device of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the case where straight-cutting isconducted by the blade material cutting device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a section view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1.

FIGS. 4A to 4C are side views of blade materials which are straight-cut.

FIGS. 5A to 5C are views showing cut surface shapes of the bladematerials which are straight-cut.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a case where miter-cutting is conductedby the blade material cutting device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the case where miter-cutting is conductedby the blade material cutting device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a section view taken along line VIII-VIII of FIG. 6.

FIGS. 9A to 9C are side views of blade materials which are miter-cut.

FIGS. 10A to 10C are views showing cut surface shapes of the bladematerials which are miter-cut.

FIG. 11 is a diagrammatic perspective view showing an example of adriving portion of the blade material cutting device.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the bladematerial cutting device.

FIG. 13 is a diagrammatic view showing a table and the like forcontinuously conducting cutting steps.

FIG. 14 is a front view of a blade material cutting device of a secondembodiment.

FIG. 15 is a section view taken along line XV-XV of FIG. 14.

FIG. 16 is a front view showing a case where the front end of a bladematerial is straight-cut by a blade material cutting device of a thirdembodiment.

FIG. 17 is a side view showing the case where the front end of the bladematerial is straight-cut by the blade material cutting device of thethird embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a section view taken along line XVIII-XVIII of FIG. 16.

FIGS. 19A and 19B are views showing the cut surface shape f the frontend of the blade material which is straight-cut.

FIG. 20 is a front view showing a case where the rear end of the bladematerial is straight-cut by the blade material cutting device of thethird embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a side view showing the case where the rear end of the bladematerial is straight-cut by the blade material cutting device of thethird embodiment.

FIGS. 21A and 21B are views showing the cut surface shape of the rearend of the blade material which is straight-cut.

FIG. 22 is a front view showing a case where the front end of a bladematerial is miter-cut by the blade material cutting device of the thirdembodiment.

FIG. 23 is a side view showing the case where the front end of the bladematerial is miter-cut by the blade material cutting device of the thirdembodiment.

FIGS. 24A and 24B are views showing the cut surface shape of the frontend of the blade material which is miter-cut.

FIG. 25 is a front view showing a case where the rear end of the bladematerial is miter-cut by the blade material cutting device of the thirdembodiment.

FIG. 26 is a side view showing the case where the rear end of the bladematerial is miter-cut by the blade material cutting device of the thirdembodiment.

FIGS. 27A and 27B are views showing the cut surface shape of the rearend of the blade material which is straight-cut.

FIG. 28 is a diagrammatic perspective view showing an example of adriving portion for front and rear movable blade parts.

FIG. 29 is a front view showing a case where the front end of a bladematerial is straight-cut by a blade material cutting device of a fourthembodiment.

FIG. 30 is a side view showing the case where the front end of the bladematerial is straight-cut by the blade material cutting device of thefourth embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a section view taken along line XXXI-XXXI of FIG. 29.

FIGS. 32A and 32B are views showing the cut surface shape of the frontend of the blade material which is straight-cut.

FIG. 33 is a front view showing a case where the rear end of the bladematerial is straight-cut by the blade material cutting device of thefourth embodiment.

FIG. 34 is a side view showing the case where the rear end of the bladematerial is straight-cut by the blade material cutting device of thefourth embodiment.

FIGS. 35A and 35B are views showing the cut surface shape of the rearend of the blade material which is straight-cut.

FIG. 36 is a front view showing a case where the front end of a bladematerial is miter-cut by the blade material cutting device of the fourthembodiment.

FIG. 37 is a side view showing the case where the front end of the bladematerial is miter-cut by the blade material cutting device of the fourthembodiment.

FIGS. 38A and 38B are views showing the cut surface shape of the frontend of the blade material which is miter-cut.

FIG. 39 is a front view showing a case where the rear end of the bladematerial is miter-cut by the blade material cutting device of the fourthembodiment.

FIG. 40 is a side view showing the case where the rear end of the bladematerial is miter-cut by the blade material cutting device of the fourthembodiment.

FIGS. 41A and 41B are views showing the cut surface shape of the rearend of the blade material which is straight-cut.

FIG. 42 is a front view showing a modification of a stationary bladepart.

FIG. 43 is a diagrammatic side view of a blade material cutting deviceof FIG. 38.

FIG. 44 is a partially omitted side view of a blade material which isstraight-cut.

FIG. 45 is a partially omitted side view of a blade material which ismiter-cut.

FIG. 46 is a diagrammatic front view of a conventional blade materialcutting device.

FIG. 47 is a diagrammatic side view of the conventional blade materialcutting device.

FIG. 48 is a view illustrating the principle of bending of a bladematerial.

FIG. 49 is an enlarged view showing a state where a support face isoverlaid on a blade material.

FIGS. 50A to 50D are diagrams of a problem which is caused in aconventional blade material cutting device.

FIG. 51 is a side view illustrating states of front and rear ends of along blade material.

FIG. 52 is a front view illustrating the straight-cut work.

FIG. 53 is a side view illustrating the straight-cut work.

FIGS. 54A to 54D are views showing cut surface shapes of ends of bladematerials which are straight-cut.

FIG. 55 is a front view illustrating the miter-cut work.

FIG. 56 is a side view illustrating the miter-cut work.

FIGS. 57A to 57D are views showing cut surface shapes of ends of bladematerials which are miter-cut.

FIG. 58 is a front view illustrating the straight-cut work.

FIG. 59 is a side view illustrating the straight-cut work.

FIG. 60 is a front view illustrating the miter-cut work.

FIG. 61 is a partially cutaway side view illustrating the miter-cutwork.

FIG. 62 is a partially cutaway side view illustrating the miter-cutwork.

FIG. 63 is a front view illustrating the miter-cut work.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

A first embodiment of the invention will be described with reference toFIGS. 1 to 10.

A blade material cutting device of the embodiment comprises a stationaryblade part 10, and a pair of right and left movable blade parts 50.

The stationary blade part 10 is divided into a pair of front and rearmembers 11, 12 which have a symmetrical shape. The members 11, 12 arelongitudinally arranged with being separated from each other by apredetermined gap in a direction F of feeding the blade material 1.Lower portions of right and left side faces of the front member 11 areformed as support faces 13, 14, respectively. The rear end of the rightsupport face 13 is formed as a stationary edge 13 a forstraight-cutting, and that of the left support face 14 is formed as astationary edge 14 a for miter-cutting. Similarly, also lower portionsof right and left side faces of the rear member 12 are formed as supportfaces 15, 16, respectively. The front end of the right support face 15is formed as a stationary edge 15 a for straight-cutting, and that ofthe left support face 16 is formed as a stationary edge 16 a formiter-cutting. In this configuration, the right support faces 13, 15 ofthe members 11, 12 are faces which are to be overlaid with the stripplate part 2 and the blade edge part 3 of the blade material 1 that isto be straight-cut, and the left support faces 14, 16 of the members 11,12 are faces which are to be overlaid with the strip plate part 2 andthe blade edge part 3 of the blade material 1 that is to be miter-cut.The stationary edges 13 a, 15 a which are disposed in the right supportfaces 13, 15 of the members 11, 12 are opposed to each other in thedirection F of feeding the blade material 1, and also the stationaryedges 14 a, 16 a which are disposed in the left support faces 14, 16 areopposed to each other in the direction F of feeding the blade material1.

The movable blade parts 50, 50 are placed respectively on both the sidesof a mutual gap between the front and rear members 11, 12, i.e., boththe sides sandwiching a mutual gap 51 between the support faces 13, 15which are arranged in front and rear of the front and rear members 11,12. The movable blade parts 50, 50 are extractable and retractable withrespect to the mutual gap 51. The front end corners of the right andleft movable blade parts 50, 50 are formed as stationary edges 52 a, andalso the rear end corners of the movable blade parts are formed asstationary edges 52 b. The front and rear stationary edges 52 a, 52 b ofthe right movable blade part 50 are formed as those for straight-cuttingwhich cooperate with the above-mentioned pair of front and rearstationary edges 13 a, 15 a for straight-cutting, and the front and rearstationary edges 52 a, 52 b of the left movable blade part 50 are formedas those for miter-cutting which cooperate with the above-mentioned pairof front and rear stationary edges 14 a, 16 a for miter-cutting.

In the blade material cutting device, the straight-cut work is conductedin the following manner.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the strip plate part 2 and the blade edge part3 of the blade material 1 are overlaid on the pair of front and rearsupport faces 13, 15 of the stationary blade part 10, and the rightmovable blade part 50 is then advanced from the right outside of themutual gap 51 between the support faces 13, 15 toward the inside asindicated by the arrow b. As a result, the pair of front and rearstationary edges 13 a, 15 a on the side of the support faces 13, 15cooperate with the pair of front and rear movable edges 52 a, 52 b ofthe right movable blade part 50, so that two or front and rear portionsof the blade material are cut simply by a single cutting operation, anda disposal portion 1 c of the blade material 1 positioned between thefront and rear stationary edges 13 a, 15 a is cut away. In this case,the blade material 1 which is overlaid on the front support face 13 iscut while the blade material is kept to be supported by the support face13, and hence the cut surface shape of the rear end 1 b of the bladematerial 1 is not bent but is maintained to the original adequate shapeas shown in FIGS. 4A and 5A. Similarly, also the blade material 1 whichis overlaid on the rear support face is cut while the blade material iskept to be supported by the support face, and hence the cut surfaceshape of the front end 1 a of the blade material 1 is not bent but ismaintained to the original adequate shape as shown in FIGS. 4C and 5C.By contrast, the disposal portion 1 c of the blade material 1 is cutaway under a state where the portion is not supported by the supportface, and hence the cut surface shape of the portion is bent as shown inFIGS. 4B and 5B. However, there arises no problem even when the disposalportion 1 c is bent, because the portion will be abandoned.

In the blade material cutting device, the miter-cut work is conducted inthe following manner.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the strip plate part 2 and the blade edge part3 of the blade material 1 are overlaid on the pair of front and rearsupport faces 14, 16 of the left side of the stationary blade part 10,and the left movable blade part 50 is then advanced from the leftoutside of the mutual gap 51 between the support faces 14, 16 toward theinside as indicated by the arrow c. As a result, the pair of front andrear stationary edges 14 a, 16 a on the side of the support faces 14, 16cooperate with the pair of front and rear movable edges 52 a, 52 b ofthe left movable blade part 50, so that two or front and rear portionsof the blade material are cut simply by a single cutting operation, andthe disposal portion 1 c of the blade material 1 positioned between thefront and rear stationary edges 14 a, 16 a is cut away. In this case,the blade material 1 which is overlaid on the front support face 14 iscut while the-blade material is kept to be supported by the support face14, and hence the cut surface shape of the rear end 1 b of the bladematerial 1 is not bent but is maintained to the original adequate shapeas shown in FIGS. 9A and 10A. Similarly, also the blade material 1 whichis overlaid on the rear support face is cut while the blade material iskept to be supported by the support face, and hence the cut surfaceshape of the front end 1 a of the blade material 1 is not bent but ismaintained to the original adequate shape as shown in FIGS. 9C and 10C.By contrast, the disposal portion 1 c of the blade material 1 is cutaway under a state where the portion is not supported by the supportface, and hence the cut surface shape of the portion is bent as shown inFIGS. 9B and 10B. However, there arises no problem even when thedisposal portion 1 c is bent, because the portion will be abandoned.

As described above, according to the blade material cutting device, thefront end 1 a and the rear end 1 b of the blade material 1 can bestraight-cut or miter-cut by selectively using the two movable bladeparts 50, 50 on the left side and the right side.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a driving portion of the above-mentionedblade material cutting device, and FIG. 12 is a perspective view showingthe appearance of the blade material cutting device.

As seen from FIG. 11 or 12, the stationary blade part 10 is attached toa lower end portion of a structural body 100, a pushing and pullingmechanism 110 such as a cylinder is attached to an upper end portion ofthe structural body 100, and an extracting and retracting rod 112 of thepushing and pulling mechanism 110 is connected to the movable blade part50 by a connecting rod 113. According to this configuration, the movableblade part 50 is laterally moved through pushing and pulling operationsof the pushing and pulling mechanism 110, and the above-mentionedcutting operation is conducted by the movement.

In FIGS. 1 to 12, in order to facilitate understanding, identical orequivalent portions are denoted by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 13 shows an example in which the above-mentioned blade materialcutting device A is disposed on a table B in order to enable cuttingsteps to be continuously conducted. In the figure, C denotes bladematerial feeding rollers, and D denotes a bridge cutting mechanism forpunching a concave removal part in the blade material 1. An elevatingmechanism A1 for elevating and lowering a unit configured by thestationary blade part 10 and the movable blade part 50, an alignmentmechanism A2 for aligning the support face used in the straight cuttingof the stationary blade part 10 with the blade material 1, and foraligning the support face used in the miter cutting of the stationaryblade part 10 with the blade material 1, and the like are additionallydisposed in the blade material cutting device A.

A second embodiment of the invention will be described with reference toFIGS. 14 and 15.

In the blade material cutting device, the stationary blade part 10 isconfigured in the same manner as the stationary blade part 10 which hasbeen described with reference to FIG. 3 and the like, but the movableblade part is configured in a different manner.

In the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the singlemovable blade part 50 is configured so as to be movable between theright side and the left side of the mutual gap 51 with passing throughthe mutual gap 51. A pair of front and rear movable edges 52 a, 52 bwhich cooperate with the pair of straight-cutting front and rearstationary edges 13 a, 15 a to cut away the disposal portion 1 c of theblade material 1 that is positioned between the stationary edges 13 a,15 a are disposed in the left side face 52 of the movable blade part 50.A pair of front and rear movable edges 53 a, 53 b which cooperate withthe pair of miter-cutting front and rear stationary edges 14 a, 16 a tocut away the disposal portion 1 c of the blade material 1 that ispositioned between the stationary edges 14 a, 16 a are disposed in theright side face 53 of the movable blade part 50.

In the blade material cutting device of the second embodiment, themovable blade part 50 is configured so as to be laterally swingableabout a fulcrum 54 which is defined above the stationary blade part 10.A swinging driving portion for the movable blade part 50 can be formedby using, for example, a cylinder.

According to the blade material cutting device of the second embodiment,the front end and the rear end of the blade material 1 can bestraight-cut or miter-cut by selectively using the movable edges 52 a,52 b on the left side of the single movable blade part 50 and themovable edges 53 a and 53 b on the right side.

Namely, the straight-cut work is conducted in the following manner.

As indicated by the solid lines in FIGS. 14 and 15, the strip plate part2 and the blade edge part 3 of the blade material 1 are overlaid on thepair of front and rear support faces 13, 15 of the stationary blade part10, and the movable blade part 50 is then advanced from the right sideto the left side of the mutual gap 51 between the support faces 13, 15as indicated by the arrow d. As a result, the pair of front and rearstationary edges 13 a, 15 a on the side of the support faces 13, 15cooperate with the left movable edges 52 a, 52 b of the movable bladepart 50, so that two or front and rear portions of the blade materialare cut simply by a single cutting operation, and the disposal portion 1c of the blade material 1 positioned between the front and rearstationary edges 13 a, 15 a is cut away. In this case, the bladematerial 1 which is overlaid on the front support face 13, and the bladematerial 1 which is overlaid on the rear support face 15 are cut whilethe blade material is kept to be supported by the support faces 13, 15,and hence the cut surface shapes of the rear end 1 b and the front end 1a of the blade material 1 are not bent but are maintained to theoriginal adequate shape. By contrast, the disposal portion 1 c of theblade material 1 is cut away under a state where the portion is notsupported by the support faces 13, 15, and hence the cut surface shapeof the portion is bent. However, there arises no problem even when thedisposal portion 1 c is bent, because the portion will be abandoned.

The miter-cut work is conducted in the following manner.

As indicated by the phantom lines in FIGS. 14 and 15, the strip platepart 2 and the blade edge part 3 of the blade material 1 are overlaid onthe pair of front and rear support faces 14, 16 of the stationary bladepart 10, and the movable blade part 50 is then advanced from the leftside to the right side of the mutual gap 51 between the support faces14, 16 as indicated by the arrow e. As a result, the pair of front andrear stationary edges 14 a, 16 a on the side of the support faces 14, 16cooperate with the right movable edges 53 a, 53 b of the movable bladepart 50, so that two or front and rear portions of the blade materialare cut simply by a single cutting operation, and the disposal portion 1c of the blade material 1 positioned between the front and rearstationary edges 13 a, 15 a is cut away. In this case, the bladematerial 1 which is overlaid on the front support face 14, and the bladematerial 1 which is overlaid on the rear support face 16 are cut whilethe blade material is kept to be supported by the support faces 14, 16,and hence the cut surface shapes of the rear end 1 b and the front end 1a of the blade material 1 are not bent but are maintained to theoriginal adequate shape. By contrast, the disposal portion 1 c of theblade material 1 is cut away under a state where the portion is notsupported by the support faces 14, 16, and hence the cut surface shapeof the portion is bent. However, there arises no problem even when thedisposal portion 1 c is bent, because the portion will be abandoned.

A third embodiment of the invention will be described with reference toFIGS. 16 to 28.

Also a blade material cutting device of the embodiment comprises onestationary blade part 20, and a pair of front and rear movable bladeparts 60, 60.

Lower portions of right and left side faces of the stationary blade part20 are formed as support faces 23, 24, respectively. The front and rearends of the right support face 23 are formed as stationary edges 23 a,23 a for straight-cutting, and those of the left support face 24 areformed as stationary edges 24 a, 24 a for miter-cutting. In thisconfiguration, the right support face 23 is a face which is to beoverlaid with the strip plate part 2 and the blade edge part 3 of theblade material 1 that is to be straight-cut (see FIGS. 16 to 18), andthe left support face 24 is a face which is to be overlaid with thestrip plate part 2 and the blade edge part 3 of the blade material 1that is to be miter-cut. The pair of front and rear stationary edges 23a, 23 a on the right side, and the pair of front and rear stationaryedges 24 a, 24 a on the left side are positioned with being separatedfrom each other by a gap in the direction F of feeding the bladematerial.

In the pair of front and rear movable blade parts 60, 60, the frontmovable blade part 60 on the front side is movable in front of the rightand left support faces 23, 24 of the stationary blade part 20 in thelateral directions of the support faces 23, 24. Furthermore, the rearmovable blade part 60 on the rear side is movable in rear of the rightand left support faces 23, 24 of the stationary blade part 20 in thelateral directions of the support faces 23, 24.

Each of right and left corners of the rear end of the front movableblade part 60 is formed as a movable edge. In the movable edges, theleft movable edge 62 a is an edge which cooperates with thestraight-cutting stationary edge 23 a on the front side of the rightsupport face 23 of the stationary blade part 20 to cut the bladematerial 1. By contrast, the right movable edge 62 b is an edge whichcooperates with the miter-cutting stationary edge 24 aon the front sideof the left support face 24 of the stationary blade part 20 to cut theblade material 1.

Also each of right and left corners of the front end of the rear movableblade part 60 is formed as a movable edge. In the movable edges, theleft movable edge 62 a is an edge which cooperates with thestraight-cutting stationary edge 23 a on the rear side of the rightsupport face 23 of the stationary blade part 20 to cut the bladematerial 1. By contrast, the right movable edge 62 b is an edge whichcooperates with the miter-cutting stationary edge 24 aon the rear sideof the left support face 24 of the stationary blade part 20 to cut theblade material 1.

According to the blade material cutting device of the third embodiment,the front end and the rear end of the blade material 1 can bestraight-cut or miter-cut by selectively using the two kinds of movableedges 62 a, 62 b of the movable blade parts 60, 60.

The straight-cut work is conducted in the following manner.

Namely, as shown in FIGS. 16 to 18, the strip plate part 2 and the bladeedge part 3 of the blade material 1 are overlaid on the right supportface 23 of the stationary blade part 20, and the front movable bladepart 60 is then moved from the right side to the left side of thesupport face 23 of the stationary blade part 20 as indicated by thearrow f. As a result, the blade material 1 is cut by cooperation of thefront stationary edge 23 a on the side of the support face 23 with theleft movable edge 62 a of the front movable blade part 60. In this case,the blade material 1 which is overlaid on the support face 23 is cutwhile the blade material is kept to be supported by the support face 23,and hence the cut surface shape of the front end 1 a of the bladematerial 1 is not bent but is maintained to the original adequate shapeas shown in FIGS. 19A and 19B. Next, the blade material 1 is fed by apredetermined length, and the strip plate part 2 and the blade edge part3 of the blade material 1 are then overlaid on the right support face 23of the stationary blade part 20 as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21. Thereafter,the rear movable blade part 60 is moved from the right side to the leftside of the support face 23 of the stationary blade part 20 as indicatedby the arrow g. As a result, the blade material 1 is cut by cooperationof the rear stationary edge 23 a on the side of the support face 23 withthe left movable edge 62 a (see FIG. 18) of the rear movable blade part60. In this case, the blade material 1 which is overlaid on the supportface 23 is cut while the blade material is kept to be supported by thesupport face 23, and hence the cut surface shape of the rear end 1 b ofthe blade material 1 is not bent but is maintained to the originaladequate shape as shown in FIGS. 21A and 21B.

The miter-cut work is conducted in the following manner.

Namely, as shown in FIGS. 22 and 23, the strip plate part 2 and theblade edge part 3 of the blade material 1 are overlaid on the leftsupport face 24 of the stationary blade part 20, and the front movableblade part 60 is then moved from the left side to the right side of thesupport face 24 of the stationary blade part 20 as indicated by thearrow h. As a result, the blade material 1 is cut by cooperation of thefront stationary edge 24 a on the side of the support face 24 with theright movable edge 62 b of the front movable blade part 60. In thiscase, the blade material 1 which is overlaid on the support face 24 iscut while the blade material is kept to be supported by the support face24, and hence the cut surface shape of the front end 1 a of the bladematerial 1 is not bent but is maintained to the original adequate shapeas shown in FIGS. 24A and 24B. Next, the blade material 1 is fed by apredetermined length, and the strip plate part 2 and the blade edge part3 of the blade material 1 are then overlaid on the left support face 24of the stationary blade part 20 as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26. Thereafter,the rear movable blade part 60 is moved from the left side to the rightside of the support face 24 of the stationary blade part 20 as indicatedby the arrow i. As a result, the blade material 1 is cut by cooperationof the rear stationary edge 24 a on the side of the support face 24 withthe right movable edge 62 b of the rear movable blade part 60. In thiscase, the blade material 1 which is overlaid on the support face 24 iscut while the blade material is kept to be supported by the support face24, and hence the cut surface shape of the rear end 1 b of the bladematerial 1 is not bent but is maintained to the original adequate shapeas shown in FIGS. 27A and 27B.

FIG. 28 shows an example of a driving portion of the blade materialcutting device of the third embodiment. As shown in the figure, in theblade material cutting device of the third embodiment, the front movableblade part 60 and the rear movable blade part 60 are laterallyswing-driven by pushing and pulling mechanisms 200, 200 respectivelyconfigured by separate cylinders.

A fourth embodiment of the invention will be described with reference toFIGS. 29 to 41A, and 41B.

In the blade material cutting device, the front movable blade part 60and the rear movable blade part 60 are configured in the same manner asthose of the third embodiment, but a stationary blade part 30 isconfigured in a different manner.

In the fourth embodiment, the stationary blade part 30 is formed into afork-like shape having a pair of right and left protrusions 31, 32 asshown in FIGS. 29 to 31 and the like. The support faces 33, 34 areformed respectively on right and left side faces which are opposedbetween of the pair of protrusions 31, 32. A pair of front and rearstationary edges 33 a, 33 b disposed in the right support face 33 serveas straight-cutting edges, and a pair of front and rear stationary edges34 a, 34 b disposed in the left support face 34 serve as miter-cuttingedges.

According to the blade material cutting device of the fourth embodiment,the front end and the rear end of the blade material 1 can bestraight-cut or miter-cut by selectively using the two kinds of movableedges 62 a, 62 b of the front and rear movable blade parts 60, 60.

The straight-cut work is conducted in the following manner.

Namely, as shown in FIGS. 29 and 31, the strip plate part 2 and theblade edge part 3 of the blade material 1 are overlaid on the rightsupport face 33 of the stationary blade part 30, and the front movableblade part 60 is then moved from the left side to the right side of thesupport face 33 as indicated by the arrow j. As a result, the bladematerial 1 is cut by cooperation of the front stationary edge 33 a onthe side of the support face 33 with the right movable edge 62 b of thefront movable blade part 60. In this case, the blade material 1 which isoverlaid on the support face 33 is cut while the blade material is keptto be supported by the support face 33, and hence the cut surface shapeof the front end 1 a of the blade material 1 is not bent but ismaintained to the original adequate shape as shown in FIGS. 32A and 32B.Next, the blade material 1 is fed by a predetermined length, and thestrip plate part 2 and the blade edge part 3 of the blade material 1 arethen overlaid on the right support face 33 of the stationary blade part30 as shown in FIGS. 33 and 34. Thereafter, the rear movable blade part60 is moved from the left side to the right side of the support face 33of the stationary blade part 30 as indicated by the arrow k. As aresult, the blade material 1 is cut by cooperation of the rearstationary edge 33 b on the side of the support face 33 with the rightmovable edge 62 b of the rear movable blade part 60. In this case, theblade material 1 which is overlaid on the support face 33 is cut whilethe blade material is kept to be supported by the support face 33, andhence the cut surface shape of the rear end 1 b of the blade material 1is not bent but is maintained to the original adequate shape as shown inFIGS. 35A and 35B.

The miter-cut work is conducted in the following manner.

Namely, as shown in FIGS. 36 and 37, the strip plate part 2 and theblade edge part 3 of the blade material 1 are overlaid on the leftsupport face 34 of the stationary blade part 30, and the front movableblade part 60 is then moved from the right side to the left side of thesupport face 34 of the stationary blade part 30 as indicated by thearrow m. As a result, the blade material 1 is cut by cooperation of thefront stationary edge 34 a on the side of the support face 34 with theleft movable edge 62 a of the front movable blade part 60. In this case,the blade material 1 which is overlaid on the support face 34 is cutwhile the blade material is kept to be supported by the support face 34. . . , and hence the cut surface shape of the front end 1 a of theblade material 1 is not bent but is maintained to the original adequateshape as shown in FIGS. 38A and 38B. Next, the blade material 1 is fedby a predetermined length, and the strip plate part 2 and the blade edgepart 3 of the blade material 1 are then overlaid on the left supportface 34 of the stationary blade part 30 as shown in FIGS. 39 and 40.Thereafter, the rear movable blade part 60 is moved from the right sideto the left side of the support face 34 of the stationary blade part 30as indicated by the arrow n. As a result, the blade material 1 is cut bycooperation of the rear stationary edge 34 b on the side of the supportface 34 with the left movable edge 62 a of the rear movable blade part60. In this case, the blade material 1 which is overlaid on the supportface 34 is cut while the blade material is kept to be supported by thesupport face 34, and hence the cut surface shape of the rear end 1 b ofthe blade material 1 is not bent but is maintained to the originaladequate shape as shown in FIGS. 41A and 41B.

A driving portion of the blade material cutting device of the fourthembodiment can be configured so that, in the same manner as thatdescribed with reference to FIG. 28, the front movable blade part 60 andthe rear movable blade part 60 are laterally swing-driven by pushing andpulling mechanisms 200, 200 respectively configured by separatecylinders.

In a blade material cutting device in which a stationary blade parthaving two protrusions, and a front movable blade part and a rearmovable blade part are combinedly used as described in the fourthembodiment, as shown in FIGS. 42 and 43, plural (in the illustratedexample, two) stationary blade parts 30, 30 may be disposed integrallywith a rotary member 90, and as required only one of the two stationaryblade parts 30, 30 may be used with being positioned in a blade materialcutting position by rotating the rotary member 90. In FIG. 42, 91denotes a support pin which forms the rotation center, 92 denotes apositioning pin, and 93 denotes a pushing and pulling mechanism fordriving the front or rear movable blade part 60.

In FIGS. 1 to 43, in order to avoid duplicate description, identical orequivalent portions are denoted by the same reference numerals.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

As described above, according to the blade material cutting device ofthe invention, no bend is produced in the front and rear ends of a cutblade material. Moreover, the device can be configured so that thestraight-cut work and the miter-cut work can be conducted, and both thefront and rear ends of a blade material can be cut simply by conductinga single cutting operation.

1. A blade material cutting device which is employed for cutting a stripblade material having a strip plate part and a blade edge part, whereinsaid device has: a stationary blade part having a pair of front and rearsupport faces on which the strip blade material is to be overlaid, andwhich are separated from each other by a gap in a direction of feedingsaid blade material; a pair of opposed front and rear stationary edgeswhich are disposed in said pair of support faces; a movable blade partwhich is extracted and retracted with respect to said mutual gap betweensaid pair of support faces; and a pair of front and rear movable edgeswhich are disposed in said movable blade part, and which cooperate withsaid pair of stationary edges to cut away a disposal portion of saidblade material that is positioned between said stationary edges,wherein: said pair of front and rear support faces are formed in each ofright and left side faces of said stationary blade part, said pair offront and rear stationary edges which are disposed in said pair ofsupport faces on one of said right and left side faces arestraight-cutting edges for linearly forming a cut line which extendsover said blade edge part and said strip plate part of said bladematerial after the cutting, said pair of front and rear stationary edgeswhich are disposed in said pair of support faces on the other of saidright and left side faces are miter-cutting edges for conducting acutting operation so that said blade edge part of said blade materialafter the cutting has a miter shape; said movable blade part is placedon each side of said mutual gap; said pair of front and rear movableedges disposed on one side of said movable blade part cooperate withsaid pair of straight-cutting front and rear stationary edges to cutaway a disposal portion of said blade material that is positionedbetween said stationary edges; and said pair of front and rear movableedges disposed on the other side of said movable blade part cooperatewith said pair of miter-cutting front and rear stationary edges to cutaway a disposal portion of said blade material that is positionedbetween said stationary edges.
 2. A blade material cutting device whichis employed for cutting a strip blade material having a strip plate partand a blade edge part, wherein said device has: a stationary blade parthaving a pair of front and rear support faces on which the strip bladematerial is to be overlaid, and which are separated from each other by agap in a direction of feeding said blade material; a pair of opposedfront and rear stationary edges which are disposed in said pair ofsupport faces; a movable blade part which is extracted and retractedwith respect to said mutual gap between said pair of support faces; anda pair of front and rear movable edges which are disposed in saidmovable blade part, and which cooperate with said pair of stationaryedges to cut away a disposal portion of said blade material that ispositioned between said stationary edges, wherein: said pair of frontand rear support faces are formed in each of right and left side facesof said stationary blade part, said pair of front and rear stationaryedges which are disposed in said pair of support faces on one of saidright and left side faces are straight-cutting edges for linearlyforming a cut line which extends over said blade edge part and saidstrip plate part of said blade material after the cutting, said pair offront and rear stationary edges which are disposed in said pair ofsupport faces on the other of said right and left side faces aremiter-cutting edges for conducting a cutting operation so that saidblade edge part of said blade material after the cutting has a mitershape; said movable blade part is configured so as to be movable betweenone side and another side of said mutual gap while passing through saidmutual gap, said pair of front and rear movable edges, which cooperatewith said pair of straight-cutting front and rear stationary edges tocut away a disposal portion of said blade material that is positionedbetween said stationary edges, are disposed on one of said right andleft side faces of said movable blade part; and said pair of front andrear movable edges, which cooperate with said pair of miter-cuttingfront and rear stationary edges to cut away a disposal portion of saidblade material that is positioned between said stationary edges, isdisposed on the other of said right and left side faces of said movableblade part.